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Karl Henning

#8280
More work today: I've reached the 4-minute mark, so officially one-third done (at least, by the current plan)
Al the music is on pp.1-10 of the present score
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 28, 2021, 05:14:54 PM
More work today: I've reached the 4-minute mark, so officially one-third done (at least, by the current plan)
Al the music is on pp.1-10 of the present score

You may note that all the percussion staves are "dead air."  I intended from the start to have the percussion sit this movement out. However, wishing to keep my options open, I'm not deleting those insts just yet.

Work on The Heart was briefly interrupted by the mechanical work of re-building the score for a two-part choral setting of a Psalm I wrote 22 years ago and dedicated to my wife. (my Op. 42, Ps. 34)  That was back when I was still using Finale ... so that by now, I have no soft copy of it.  But, I needed a Sibelius file to send to Lux Nova Press, as my old friend Houston plans to have his choir sing it.

It is a great feeling, to revisit a piece you wrote 22 years before, and to find that you still own it entirely.

That made me think of a different Psalm setting of mine that I also really like (my Op. 47, Ps. 145) when I have finished The Heart, I shall celebrate by rebuilding that score.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#8282
Approaching the six-minute mark
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

springrite

I am already jumping the gun and envisioning a Karl Henning's Symphony of Psalms...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Karl Henning

Quote from: springrite on March 04, 2021, 06:28:41 PM
I am already jumping the gun and envisioning a Karl Henning's Symphony of Psalms...

You know, should there be an occasion....
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#8285
Just about nine minutes. The end is drawing into sight
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

The next Opus 169 piece is done: #5 Be thou our guide while life shall last, for Heinrich at King's Chapel
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#8289
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 22, 2021, 05:27:55 PMA start on Op 169 # 6
Having brought myself to a question mark  (so to speak) in the organ piece, I took up where I left off with The Heart.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

I think I have finished The Heart (the PDF of the score is too large a file to attach.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2021, 01:16:14 PM
I think I have finished The Heart (the PDF of the score is too large a file to attach.

I'm so glad that you are back in business and seem to have recovered completely, Karl. Stay safe and keep up the good work!

And please --- don't forget about Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.  ;)
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

North Star

Quote from: Florestan on March 25, 2021, 01:43:48 PM
I'm so glad that you are back in business and seem to have recovered completely, Karl. Stay safe and keep up the good work!
Hear, hear!
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2021, 01:16:14 PM
I think I have finished The Heart (the PDF of the score is too large a file to attach.

MIDI
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2021, 07:39:53 PM
MIDI

Well, I seem unwilling to release it just yet. (That said, I've sent the score to two conductor friends, and I am highly interested to see what they think of this initial ending.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

DavidW

Quote from: North Star on March 25, 2021, 01:47:53 PM
Hear, hear!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 25, 2021, 02:57:45 PM
Thanks, gents!

For a second I thought this was a two words post game thread!  Congrats Karl on getting back in the saddle.

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Cato

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 26, 2021, 05:56:29 PM
Well, I seem unwilling to release it just yet. (That said, I've sent the score to two conductor friends, and I am highly interested to see what they think of this initial ending.

Karl has let me examine the development of the movement over the last weeks: the score is a mosaic of wit, solemnity, surprises, and enigmas, not unlike a Roman mosaic floor with curling, interwoven abstract lines guiding the eyes to observe pictures of scenes from Life.

The sections Cardio-Buoyancy and Zhenya's Icon are especially evocative, and allow me to note the avoidance of any ba-Boom, ba-Boom "heartbeats" in the score!    8)

The orchestration is exquisite, a "concerto for wind orchestra" where individuals and sections have their moment in the spotlight.  That aspect is not an artificial imposition, however, as everything evolves naturally from the music itself.
 
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot